National Poetry Month 2011 Starts Friday

Getting Ready for National Poetry Month 2011

Forsythia Window by Noreen Braman

April is approaching, and this April fool (born on the 7th) will once again be taking the National Poetry Month challenge to write a poem a day for the entire month. To start the creativity flowing, and also as a response to the snow we have been having for the past 2 days, here is a headstart poem.


March in New Jersey

One false spring warm day
undoes weeks of patient waiting
and joyful crocus reaching sunward
end up enrobed in snow.

One false spring warm day
encourages coatlessness
and barefoot garden explorations
gloveless hands caressing forsythia buds.

One false spring warm day
strengthens the almost-mute siren call
of ocean and sand and sun
until exhausted winter retreats.




(c)2011 Noreen Braman 
 

My St. Patrick's Day Sodabread Article

Sure and if it isn't that time of year again. Time to link you to my favorite Irish sodabread recipe. Enjoy!

 Just like Grandma Never Baked.

Bye-Bye Borders

I was saddened this past weekend to enter a favorite Borders store only to find it sporting "store closing" signs. It is the second Borders store I frequented that is closing, and at this point, I don't know if there will be one anywhere within reasonable driving distance for me. It looks like their late entry into the e-reader market may be a big cause of their downfall. Their struggle does provide an example for businesses of all types, as highlighted in this article:

What Associations Can Learn from Borders’ Struggles: Amazons On The Border